VIRENDER ALIAS BABLU vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 17th February, 2026. Date of Decision: 23rd March, 2026. Uploaded on: 23rd March, 2026. + CRL.A. 797/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1228/2025 VIRENDER ALIAS BABLU .....Appellant Through: Mr. Himanshu Anand Gupta, Ms. Mansi Yadav, Mr. Shekhar Anand Gupta, Mr. Sidharth Barua, Mr. Mike Desai, Ms. Navneet Kaur and Ms. Shivani Rampal, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Ms. Divya Yadav & Mr. Lalit Luthra, Advs. + CRL.A. 983/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1514/2025 VIKAS @ TINKU .....Appellant Through: Mr. Dhruva Bhagat, Adv. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) ....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP with Ms. Divya Yadav & Mr. Lalit Luthra, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN JUDGMENT MADHU JAIN, J. BACKGROUND: 1. The present appeals have been filed under Section 415 (2) read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter, ‘BNSS’) assailing the impugned judgment of conviction and order on sentence Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA NEGI CRL.A. 797/2025 & CRL.A. 983/2025 Page 1 of 40 Signing Date:23.03.2026 16:40:38 dated 10th March, 2025 and 27th March 2025 respectively passed by the court of Ld. ASJ-05 North-West District, Rohini Court, Delhi whereby the Appellants have been convicted in Sessions Case No. 56/2017 arising out of FIR No. 732/2016 registered at P.S. Begumpur, Delhi under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter ‘IPC’) and wherein Appellant - Virender@Bablu has also been convicted under Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959. 2. By the impugned judgment of conviction and order on sentence, the Appellants have been sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for the commission of offence punishable un